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RR's Wildlife Portfolio....
MPS:
Here's some pics I took a few years ago, a Lime Hawk-moth (Mimas Tiliae) drying its wings out in the breeze of the wind-tunnel that is our driveway!
Beautiful wing-pattern and colouration, screams 'Vulcan Bomber' to me!!
Beady-eyes!
...and the pupae found directly underneath, which I gave to my nephew for him to show at his wildlife lesson in school!
I also spotted this newt one summer in the driveway, dunno what it was doing there or how he got there as I thought they were water based? Anyone know what type it could be? It was approx 3.5 - 4 inches long.
alexperkins:
Some good shots there MPS. Difficult to capture the little Gecko/lizard types sharply as they move so bloody quick!
MJR:
1st pic of the moth is very good :happy2:
I'll need to start a thread of all my photography soon, busily starts uploading all my pics to the tinterweb :signLOL:
RedRobin:
--- Quote from: MPS on April 13, 2011, 08:56:07 pm ---
Here's some pics I took a few years ago, a Lime Hawk-moth (Mimas Tiliae) drying its wings out in the breeze of the wind-tunnel that is our driveway!
Beautiful wing-pattern and colouration, screams 'Vulcan Bomber' to me!!
I also spotted this newt one summer in the driveway, dunno what it was doing there or how he got there as I thought they were water based? Anyone know what type it could be? It was approx 3.5 - 4 inches long.
--- End quote ---
....That moth screams Vulcan bomber to me too. Hedge will like that.
That's a female Common Newt aka Smooth Newt. They live and breed in water from about March to July and then hibernate on land. It's not uncommon to find them en route to somewhere on land. I've currently got at least 5 Palmate Newts breeding in my wildlife (no fish) pond.
rich83:
Robin... that beehive looks ace! I will be interested to see if they take to it :happy2:
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